AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 AFF annual gathering will be held in Brisbane, the sunny capital of Queensland!

The weekend of Friday 18 - Sunday 20 October 2024 has been chosen for the event. As per past years, there will be a welcome dinner on the Friday evening, optional activities on Saturday and a main dinner on Saturday evening. There may also be an optional activity on Sunday in the late morning.

All AFF members (and +1's, etc.) are welcome to attend. Most people usually fly in on Friday afternoon and leave on the Sunday afternoon/evening.

Your lead organisers for this year's event are @NM and @QF WP. Other Brisbane-based members are also welcome to volunteer to assist.

We'll update this thread over the coming months with more information about the planned activities, dinner venues and costs, which we expect to be similar to past gatherings. There will be a $5 registration fee per participant, plus the cost of any activities and/or meals that you choose to join.

For now, please feel free to let us know in this thread if you think you'll be able to make it! For those unfamiliar with the AFF terminology:

• "Platinum" means you're planning to attend and have booked flights/accommodation
• "Gold" means you're likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
• "Silver" means you're unlikely to attend at this stage.
• "Bronze" means you're unable to attend.

The AFF Leadership Team can provide support in terms of money collection and distribution, and editing this thread as needed. If something needs to be updated, please simply report the post with the update so anyone on the team can action it (starting a conversation only alerts one person).

We're looking forward to seeing you all in Brissie!

 

[NM]

Platinum - I can attend Fri & Sat dinners. BNE local. Could admin please PM me if prepayment is required to secure place.

Hi @quaternion. I will send you a personalised Event Cost Summary that will include the event registration fee and Saturday dinner along with payment instructions. There is no pre-payment required for Friday night dinner but we do need to know numbers. I will put down for both dinners and will confirm when your payment has been received.

 

[straitman]

I expect we will be late for Friday dinner as arrival from AKL on QF126 at 1725 then needing to get into town to hotel then onward to the dinner.

Our hotel has changed from Sebel to Hilton.

 

[NM]

I expect we will be late for Friday dinner as arrival on QF126 at 1725 then needing to get into town to hotel then onward to the dinner.

Hopefully int arrivals at that time will be fairly quiet. Our recent arrival at BNE int (at 5am from LAX) was very quick/smooth, departing the terminal less than 10 mins after arriving at the gate (which was about 10 mins after landing ). But I doubt you are going to be arriving HLO unless its not by choice.

Let us know your progress and expected ETA as it pans out.

Our hotel has changed from Sebel to Hilton.

Not surprised . Expect there may be a few with similar change now they are accepting reservations.